Dennison W. Griffith & George Myers Jr.:
JUMP HOPE

Cumberland
7652 Sawmill Rd., Suite 194
Dublin OH, 43017

38 pp., $10.00

A slickly produced
collaboration between painter Griffith and journalist/writer
Myers. Griffith's paintings, mostly faces with occasional
words, are reproduced in full color, and according
to a brief note, inspired Myers to "get at the
story behind them". That story is presented in
the form of a woman's diary, which touches on her daily
life, her family, making art, and broader issues such
as gender roles and racism. The text does not attempt
to "explain" the paintings, nor vice-versa,
but both retain an intriguing ambiguity in themselves
and in relation to each other. An elegant collaboration--John M. Bennett